Painting & Decorating

About this course

This painting and decorating course is designed to develop the skills and knowledge required to work in the industry and to become a skilled painter and decorator. You will develop your skills in specialist decorative and painting finishes, including application of different types of wall and ceiling papers to surfaces.

The course can be completed over 1 or 2 years depending on your grades.

Full-time students aged 16-18 will follow a study programme at City College which includes:

The main subject qualification

Work experience which is effective, relevant, and includes careers fairs, site visits, guest speakers and introduces you to the expectations of the real demands of work

English and maths, where students have not yet achieved a GCSE grade A*-C/9-4 in these subjects by age 16

Additional activities, such as tutorials and work-related learning, to help further develop the personal skills relevant to your progression goals

These four elements should combine to provide stretch and challenge to prepare you for progression to employment or further study.

What you will learn

Year 1

Principles of building construction, information and communication

Erecting and dismantling access equipment and working platforms

Preparing surfaces for decoration

Applying paint systems by brush and roller to non-complex areas

Applying foundation and plain papers

Health, safety and welfare in construction

Year 2

Erecting and dismantling access equipment and working platforms

Preparing surfaces for decoration

Applying paint systems by brush and roller to complex systems

Applying standard papers

Producing specialist decorative finishes

Applying and creating colour

If you successfully complete the first year of study you will gain a level 1 Diploma qualification. In order to progress to the second year you will need to pass the first year of study.